It might be worth your while having a listen to today's Women's hour piece about that report - the link is here. All may not be as it seems from the newspaper report ...
The controversy over mammography has been going on for at least 20yrs...Prof Baum, an antagonist of mammography, as is Dr. Pharoah, both leading scientists in the field of breast cancer. I know where I stand on this, but I agrre that women should choose the treatment that they want, but AFTER being told of the value or otherwise of mammography.......and at the moment, they are not.